The Balsillie Papers provides clear, concise, peer-reviewed articles about today’s most complex issues in global governance and international affairs.
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Potential Security Implications of Climate Intervention Technologies for NATO
Elizabeth Chalecki
This paper discusses the security effects of climate change, the pros and cons of different types of climate intervention (CI) that would operate in the global commons and the policy implications for NATO.
RECENT PAPERS
Economic Security and Prosperity: Leveraging Canada’s Potash and Strategic Partnerships
Mejgan Shefa, Julia Chapman, Sahar HamdamCanada must address infrastructure bottlenecks, transportation constraints and weak supply chain coordination while diversifying their trade partners if they are to fully leverage its dominant position in potash production.
Governing Machine-speed Cyber Defence: Policy Frameworks for Agentic AI
Abbas Yazdinejad, Hadis Karimipour and Jatin NathwaniThis paper assesses gaps in governance of machine-speed security through the lens of defending a critical societal infrastructure, focusing on energy and smart grid systems. This paper also proposes four governing principles to guide international policymaking around agentic cyber defence.
The Paused Continental Defence Bargain: Architecture, Asymmetry and the 2026 CUSMA Joint Review
Barry AppletonThis paper contends that the pause is the defence-side expression of an integrated US strategy that treats trade, technology and continental security as a single negotiating surface rather than as separate policy domains.